Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Augustus Addison Gould
Born: April 23, 1805
Died: September 15, 1866 (aged 61)
Bio: Augustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.
Known for:
- Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts
- Principles of zoology (1848)
- Outlines of Comparative Physiology